-Down to Earth An ecologist has been guarding seeds of more than 750 rare rice varieties for over a decade Lit by a kerosene lamp, the two-room hut just outside a sleepy hamlet in Odisha’s Rayagada district can easily pass off as any other farmer’s house in this tribal region. Step inside it, and one is taken aback by the hundreds of earthen pots labelled with coded stickers stacked in a corner...
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Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti opposed to cash transfer scheme -Vijay Pinjarkar
-The Times of India NAGPUR: The proposed direct cash transfer scheme of subsidy to beneficiaries will adversely affect 10 million tribals and poor people Vidarbha, said Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJS), warning that if the scheme is implemented in Vidarbha, it will also cause massive deforestation. Tiwari has urged the Centre to suspend the scheme till its implications are not considered and legal status coupled with constitutional validity of Aadhar...
More »Manipur to recommend extension of Disturbed Areas Act for a year -Iboyaima Laithangbam
-The Hindu Under this provision, the AFSPA too will be extended At a late night meeting on Monday, the Manipur Cabinet decided to recommend extension of the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) for one more year as the law and order situation stemming from the burgeoning armed movement is alarming. Under this provision, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) 1958, which gives untrammelled powers to the security forces while dealing with the...
More »People’s Assembly puts forward a manifesto of demands
-Tehelka On its fifth and the last day, the Assembly demands recognition of ASHA and aanganwadi workers as govt employees The People’s Assembly being held at Jantar Mantar concluded on Friday 30 November with the release of a draft preliminary manifesto. The manifesto consists of resolutions adopted by the Assembly on issues like health, education, land acquisition and Lokpal Bill, among others. “We will intensify our demands with the People’s Manifesto and...
More »Cash subsidy transfer is not a magic wand but people will get purchasing power: Expert -Joseph John
-The Times of India RAIPUR: Expert in public policy and capacity building T R Raghunandan, a former IAS officer of Karnataka Cadre, said on Thursday that transfer of cash subsidy to the beneficiaries was not a "magic wand" but it could help create purchasing power among the masses in the respective areas. Speaking at the media capacity building workshop, organised by the centre and the UN joint programme on convergence here, he...
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